DämonvsDatenConfusable pair

Which to use

“Dämon” and “Daten” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,264
“Dämon” frequency rank
#808
“Daten” frequency rank
18072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dämon Daten
Definition Angst machende Macht, böser Geist mit übermenschlichen Kräften Sammlung ermittelter/gewonnener Messwerte oder auch statistischer Angaben zu etwas

Where the eye mixes Dämon and Daten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Dämon
5 ch
Daten

Visual trap between Dämon and Daten

A purely visual mix-up. Dämon ([ˈdɛːmɔn]) and Daten ([ˈdaːtn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dämon is recorded at frequency rank #17,264, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɛːmɔn]. Daten is at rank #808, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdaːtn̩].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 18072, this pair ranks #1,921,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Dämon vs Daten

Shared letters: dn. Private to "Dämon": moä. Private to "Daten": aet.

"Dämon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Daten" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Datenadten · daetn · datenn · datne · datten · ddaten · dtaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Dämon" and "Daten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈdɛːmɔn] versus [ˈdaːtn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Dämon" or "Daten"?
"Daten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #808 in our German list, against #17,264 for "Dämon". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Dämon" and "Daten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dämon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Daten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,921,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dämon" and "Daten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dämon vs Daun". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,921,671 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list